Please make sure respective licenses are compatible with your use-case.
Please make sure respective licenses are compatible with your use-case.
Creative Commons doesn't automatically mean you can do what you want[^5], it can restrict your freedom to make derivatives or exclude use in commercial projects.
Creative Commons doesn't automatically mean you can do what you want[^5], it can restrict your freedom to make derivatives or exclude use in commercial projects. You may have to credit the original author.
There are "no strings attached" with works in public domain[^1] or licensed [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).\\
"No strings attached" with works in public domain[^1] (PD) or licensed [CC0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/).\
Another good choice are permissive[^2] free software[^3] licenses like [MIT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License), [BSD-style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses), [Apache](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License)
Another good choice are permissive[^2] free software[^3] licenses like [MIT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License), [BSD-style](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSD_licenses), [Apache](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_License)
or copyleft[^4] licenses like the [GPL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License) or [CC-BY-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).
or copyleft[^4] licenses like the [GPL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License) or [CC-BY-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).